This is a selection of some of our most recent publications in refereed journals. Online access to the articles may be restricted by the publisher. If you are interested to receive reprints, please contact Andreas Zilges.

A list of our publications at ORCID. and at Google Scholar

Web of Science (Andreas Zilges, 07/2023): h-index 50, average citations per item 31

2022

1. S. Prill et al., "Lifetime analysis of ^128,130Te via the Doppler-shift attenuation method"
   Physical Review C 105 (2022) 034319.
2. A. Zilges et al., "Photonuclear reactions—From basic research to applications"
   Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 122 (2022) 103903.

2021

1. M. Weinert et al., "Microscopic Structure of the Low-Energy Electric Dipole Response of ¹²⁰Sn"
   Physical Review Letters 127 (2021) 242501.
J. Kleemann et al., "Majorana parameters of the interacting boson model of nuclear structure and their implication for 0νββ decay"
Physical Review C 104 (2021) L061302.
2. J. Mayer et al., "Classical and machine learning methods for event reconstruction in NeuLAND"
   Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A 1013 (2021) 165666.
3. F. Heim et al., "Absolute ⁹⁶Mo(p,n)^96m+gTc cross sections and a new branching for the ^96mTc decay"
   Physical Review C 103 (2021) 054613.
4. M. Färber et al. "Low-energy excitations and gamma-decay branchings in ¹²⁴Sn via (p,p’gamma) at E_p=15 MeV"
   European Physical Journal A 57 (2021) 191 (open access).
5. F. Heim et al., "Investigating the ¹⁰⁹Ag(p,gamma)¹¹⁰Cd reaction and its underlying nuclear physics"
   Physical Review C 103 (2021) 055803.
6. K. Ide et al., "E2 decay characteristics of the M1 scissors mode of ¹⁵²Sm"
   Physical Review C 103 (2021) 054302.
7. J. Isaak et al., "Dipole response in ^128,130Te below the neutron threshold"
   Physical Review C 103 (2021) 044317.
8. F. Crespi et al., "The structure of low-lying 1− states in 90,94Zr from (α,α′γ) and (p,p′γ) reactions"
   Physical Letters B 816 (2021) 136210.
9. F. Heim et al. "Deducing primary Gamma-ray intensities and the dipole strength function in ⁹⁴Mo via radiative proton capture"
   Physical Review C 103 (2021) 025805.
10. C.A. Douma et al. (R3B collaboration) "Development of a Deep Neural Network for the data analysis of the NeuLAND neutron detector"
    Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A 990 (2021) 164951.

2020

1. Julius Wilhelmy et al., "Dipole response of ⁸⁷Rb and its impact on the ⁸⁶Rb(n,gamma)⁸⁷Rb cross section"
   Physical Review C 102 (2020) 044327.
2. Mark Spieker et al., "Accessing the Single-Particle Structure of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in ²⁰⁸Pb"
   Physical Review Letters 125 (2020) 102503.
3. I. Syndikus et al. (R3B collaboration), "Probing the Z=6 spin-orbit shell gap with (p,2p) quasi-free scattering reactions"
   Physical Letters B 809 (2020) 135748.
4. P. Scholz et al., "New measurement of the ¹⁴⁴Sm(alpha,gamma)¹⁴⁸Gd reaction rate for the gamma process"
   Physical Review C 102 (2020) 045811.
5. Miriam Müscher et al., "High-sensitivity investigation of low-lying dipole strengths in ¹²⁰Sn"
   Physical Review C 102 (2020) 014317.
6. Jan Mayer et al., "Efficient determination of HPGe gamma-ray efficiencies at high energies with ready-to-use simulation software"
   Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A 972 (2020) 164102.
7. Tobias Beck et al., "ΔK =0 M1 Excitation Strength of the Well-Deformed Nucleus ¹⁶⁴Dy from K Mixing"
   Physical Review Letters 125 (2020) 092501.
8. Felix Heim et al., "Constraining nuclear properties in ⁹⁴Mo via a ⁹³Nb(p,gamma)⁹⁴Mo total cross section measurement"
   Physical Review C 101 (2020) 035807.
9. Felix Heim et al., "Experimental techniques to study the gamma process for nuclear astrophysics at the Cologne accelerator laboratory"
   Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A 966 (2020) 163854
10. Philipp Scholz et al., "Primary gamma-ray intensities and gamma-strength functions from discrete two-step gamma-ray cascades in radiative proton-capture experiments"
    Physical Review C 101 (2020) 045806.
11. Felix Heim et al., "Insights into the statistical gamma-decay behavior of ¹⁰⁸Cd via radiative proton capture"
    Physical Review C 101 (2020) 035805.
12. John Sinclair et al., "Firm spin and parity assignments for high-lying, low-spin levels in stable Si isotopes"
    Eur. Phys. J. A 56 (2020) 105.

2019

1. N. Tsoneva et al., "Fine structure of the pygmy quadrupole resonance in ^112,114Sn"
   Nuclear Physics A 990 (2019) 183.
2. P.C. Ries et al., "Valence-shell dependence of the pygmy dipole resonance: E1 strength difference in ^50,54Cr"
   Physical Review C 100 (2019) 021301(R) .
3. M. Tamkas et al., "Low-lying dipole strength in the well-deformed nucleus ¹⁵⁶Gd"
   Nuclear Physics A 987 (2019) 79.
4. V. Foteinou et al., "Cross section measurements of proton capture reactions on Mo isotopes relevant to the astrophysical p process" European Physical Journal A (2019) 55:67.
5. J. Isaak et al., "The concept of nuclear photon strength functions: A model-independent approach via (gamma,gamma'gamma'') reactions"
   Physics Letters B 788 (2019) 225 (open access).

2018

1. J. Wilhelmy et al., "Investigation of J=1 states and their gamma decay behavior in ⁵²Cr"
   Physical Review C 97 (2018) 054319
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2. D. Savran et al., "Multi-messenger investigation of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in ¹⁴⁰Ce"
   Physics Letters B 786 (2018) 16 (open access).
3. M. Spieker et al., "High-resolution (p,t) study of low-spin states in ²⁴⁰Pu: Octupole excitations, alpha clustering, and other structure features"
   Physical Review C 97 (2018) 064319
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4. M. Spieker et al., "Shape coexistence and collective low-spin states in ^112,114Sn studied with the (p,p gamma) Doppler-shift attenuation coincidence technique"
   Physical Review C 97 (2018) 054319
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2017

1. S.G. Pickstone et al., "Combining gamma-ray and particle spectroscopy with SONIC@HORUS"
   Nucl. Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A 875 (2017) 104.
2. P. Petkov et al., "Lifetime measurement with improved precision in ^30,32S and possible influence of large-scale clustering on the appearance of strongly deformed states"
   Physical Review C 96 (2017) 343269
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3. T. Beck et al., "E2 decay strength of the M1 scissors mode of ¹⁵⁶Gd and its first excited rotational state"
   Physical Review Letters 118 (2017) 212502
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2016

1. P. Scholz et al., "Constraints on the alpha + nucleus optical-model potential via alpha-induced reactions studies on ¹⁰⁸Cd"
   Physics Letters B 761 (2016) 247 (open access).
2. J. Mayer et al., "Partial cross sections of the ⁹²Mo(p,gamma) reaction and the gamma strength in ⁹³Tc"
   Physical Review C 93 (2016) 045809
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3. V. Derya et al., "Decay of quadrupole-octupole 1^- states in ⁴⁰Ca and ¹⁴⁰Ce"
   Physical Review C 93 (2016) 034311
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4. B. Löher et al. "The decay pattern of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance of ¹⁴⁰Ce"
   Physics Letters B 756 (2016) 72 (open access).
5. M. Spieker et al., "The pygmy quadrupole resonance and neutron-skin modes in ¹²⁴Sn"
   Physics Letters B 752 (2016) 358 (open access).
6. H. Pai et al., "Magnetic dipole excitations of ⁵⁰Cr"
   Physical Review C 93 (2016) 014318
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2015

1. A. Hening et al., "Collective excitations in ⁹⁶Ru by means of (p,p'gamma) experiments"
   Physical Review C 92 (2015) 064317
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2. F. Filipescu et al., "Perspectives for photonuclear research at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility"
   European Physical Journal A 51 (2015) 185 (open access).
3. A. Hennig et al., "Lifetime measurement of excited low-spin states via the (p,p'gamma) reaction"
   Nucl. Inst. Meth. in Phys. Res. A 758 (2015) 171.
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4. M. Spieker et al., "Origin of Low-Lying Enhanced E1 Strength in Rare-Earth Nuclei"
   Physical Review Letters 114 (2015) 192504
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5. L. Netterdon et al., "Experimental constraints on the gamma-ray strength function in ⁹⁰Zr using partial cross sections of the ⁸⁹Y(p,gamma)⁹⁰Zr reaction"
   Physics Letters B 744 (2015) 358 (open access).
6. A. Ornelas et al., "The ¹⁰⁶Cd(alpha,alpha)¹⁰⁶Cd elastic scattering in a wide energy range for gamma process studies"
   Nucl. Phys. A 940 (2015) 194
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7. S. Pascu et al., "Detailed spectroscopy of quadrupole and octupole states in ¹⁶⁸Yb"
   Physical Review C 91 (2015) 034321
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8. L. Netterdon et al., "Total and partial cross sections of the ¹¹²Sn(alpha,gamma)¹¹⁶Te reaction measured via in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy"
   Physical Review C 91 (2015) 035801.
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2014

1. P. Scholz et al., "Measurement of the ¹⁸⁷Re(alpha,gamma)¹⁹⁰Ir reaction cross section at sub-Coulomb energies using the Cologne Clover Counting Setup"
   Physical Review C 90 (2014) 065807.
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2. A. Hennig et al., "Mixed-symmetry octupole and hexadecupole excitations in the N=52 isotones"
   Physical Review C 90 (2014) 051302 (R).
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3. L. Netterdon et al., "Cross-section measurement of the ¹³⁰Ba(p,gamma)¹³¹La reaction for gamma-process nucleosynthesis"
   Physical Review C 90 (2014) 035806.
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4. M. Röder et al., "Efficiency determination of resistive plate chambers for fast quasi-monoenergetic neutrons"
   European Physical Journal 50 (2014) 112.
   arxiv.
5. A. Hennig et al., "A method to correct differential nonlinearities in subranging analog-to-digital converters used for digital gamma-ray spectroscopy"
   Nucl. Inst. Meth. in Phys. Res. A 758 (2014) 69.
   arxiv.
6. L. Netterdon et al., "The gamma-ray spectrometer HORUS and its application for nuclear astrophysics",
   Nucl. Inst. Meth. in Phys. Res. A 754 (2014) 94.
   arxiv.
7. V. Derya et al., "Isospin properties of electric dipole excitations in ⁴⁸Ca"
   Physics Letters B 730 (2014) 288 (open access).

2013

1. M. Spieker et al., "Possible experimental signature of octupole correlations in the 0⁺ states of the actinides",
   Physical Review C 88 (2013) 041303(R).
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2. C. Romig et al., "Low-lying dipole strength of the open-shell nucleus ⁹⁴Mo",
   Physical Review C 88 (2013) 044331.
3. M. Scheck et al., "Photoresponse of ⁶⁰Ni below 10-MeV excitation energy: Evolution of dipole resonances in fp-shell nuclei near N=Z",
   Physical Review C 88 (2013) 044304.
4. J. Beller et al., "Constraints on Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Matrix Elements from a Novel Decay Channel of the Scissors Mode: The case of ¹⁵⁴Gd",
   Physical Review Letters 111 (2013) 172501.
5. C. Caesar et al., "Beyond the neutron drip line: The unbound oxygen isotopes ²⁵O and ²⁶O",
   Physical Review C 88 (2013) 034313.
6. L. Netterdon et al., "Investigation of alpha-induced reactions on the p nucleus Yb-168",
   Nucl. Phys. A 916 (2013) 149.
7. B. Löher et al., "The high-efficiency γ-ray spectroscopy setup γ³ at HIγS"
   Nucl. Inst. and Meth. in Phys. Res. A 723 (2013) 136.
8. D. Savran, T. Aumann, and A. Zilges, "Experimental Studies of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance" (Review),
   Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 70 (2013) 210.
9. V. Derya et al., "Study of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in Mo-94 using the (alpha,alpha'gamma) Coincidence Technique"
   Nucl. Phys. A 906 (2013) 94.